悪夢

See also: 惡夢 and 恶梦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪	夢
あく Grade: 3	む Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
惡夢 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あ​くむ [áꜜkùmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

悪(あく)夢(む) • (akumu) 

1. a nightmare
   • 1999 March 1, “ナイトメア・スコーピオン [Nightmare Scorpion]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     悪(あく)夢(む)を見(み)せ、うなされている間(あいだ)に四(よん)本(ほん)もある毒(どく)のしっぽを刺(さ)す。

     Akumu o mise, unasareteiru aida ni yonhon mo aru doku no shippo o sasu.

     It will stab you in your worst nightmare with its four poisonous tails.

   • 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) (夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん)) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 5:

     そいつの名(な)前(まえ)は 蛭(ヒル)孤(コ)　悪(あく)(・)夢(む)(・)を糧(かて)とし生(い)きる　「貘(ばく)」である。

     Soitsu no namae wa Hiruko AKUMU o kate toshi ikiru “Baku” de aru.

     His name is Hiruko. He feeds on NIGHTMARES. He is a “baku”.

Synonyms

• 凶(きょう)夢(む) (kyōmu)

See also

• 夢(ゆめ) (yume, “dream”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.